Hi all,
I have just installed Ubuntu 24.04 and am trying to share a folder through SMB with my network.
However I am unable to as samba fails to start every single time. The goal is to share the content located in /mnt/12TB/ServerFolders
In my most recent attempt I performed the following steps:
1. Followed the official ubuntu tutorial
2. The command whereis samba gives me the following:
3. My etc/samba/smb.conf file:
4. I check the conf file with testparm:
5. Seems good too. However when I start the service with "sudo service smbd restart" I receive the following error:
6. Output of "systemctl status smbd.service"
7. Lastly the output of "sudo service samba status"
I have spent over 5 hours getting it to work and lost count in the amount of reinstalls. My result is this. Can anyone help me get this SMB share running?
Thanks in advance
I have just installed Ubuntu 24.04 and am trying to share a folder through SMB with my network.
However I am unable to as samba fails to start every single time. The goal is to share the content located in /mnt/12TB/ServerFolders
In my most recent attempt I performed the following steps:
1. Followed the official ubuntu tutorial
2. The command whereis samba gives me the following:
Code:
samba: /usr/sbin/samba /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/samba /etc/samba /usr/libexec/samba /usr/share/samba /usr/share/man/man7/samba.7.gz /usr/share/man/man8/samba.8.gzCode:
#
# Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
#
#
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which
# are not shown in this example
#
# Some options that are often worth tuning have been included as
# commented-out examples in this file.
# - When such options are commented with ";", the proposed setting
# differs from the default Samba behaviour
# - When commented with "#", the proposed setting is the default
# behaviour of Samba but the option is considered important
# enough to be mentioned here
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
# "testparm" to check that you have not made any basic syntactic
# errors.
#======================= Global Settings =======================
[global]
## Browsing/Identification ###
# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
workgroup = WORKGROUP
# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
#### Networking ####
# The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to
# This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;
# interface names are normally preferred
; interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0
# Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the
# 'interfaces' option above to use this.
# It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is
# not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself. However, this
# option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.
; bind interfaces only = yes
#### Debugging/Accounting ####
# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
# Cap the size of the individual log files (in KiB).
max log size = 1000
# We want Samba to only log to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd}.
# Append syslog@1 if you want important messages to be sent to syslog too.
logging = file
# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
####### Authentication #######
# Server role. Defines in which mode Samba will operate. Possible
# values are "standalone server", "member server", "classic primary
# domain controller", "classic backup domain controller", "active
# directory domain controller".
#
# Most people will want "standalone server" or "member server".
# Running as "active directory domain controller" will require first
# running "samba-tool domain provision" to wipe databases and create a
# new domain.
server role = standalone server
obey pam restrictions = yes
# This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# passdb is changed.
unix password sync = yes
# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
pam password change = yes
# This option controls how unsuccessful authentication attempts are mapped
# to anonymous connections
map to guest = bad user
########## Domains ###########
#
# The following settings only takes effect if 'server role = classic
# primary domain controller', 'server role = classic backup domain controller'
# or 'domain logons' is set
#
# It specifies the location of the user's
# profile directory from the client point of view) The following
# required a [profiles] share to be setup on the samba server (see
# below)
; logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U
# Another common choice is storing the profile in the user's home directory
# (this is Samba's default)
# logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the location of a user's home directory (from the client
# point of view)
; logon drive = H:
# logon home = \\%N\%U
# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored
# in the [netlogon] share
# NOTE: Must be store in 'DOS' file format convention
; logon script = logon.cmd
# This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
# RPC pipe. The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix
# password; please adapt to your needs
; add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd --create-home %u
# This allows machine accounts to be created on the domain controller via the
# SAMR RPC pipe.
# The following assumes a "machines" group exists on the system
; add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c "%u machine account" -d /var/lib/samba -s /bin/false %u
# This allows Unix groups to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
# RPC pipe.
; add group script = /usr/sbin/addgroup --force-badname %g
############ Misc ############
# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m
# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
# for something else.)
; idmap config * : backend = tdb
; idmap config * : range = 3000-7999
; idmap config YOURDOMAINHERE : backend = tdb
; idmap config YOURDOMAINHERE : range = 100000-999999
; template shell = /bin/bash
# Setup usershare options to enable non-root users to share folders
# with the net usershare command.
# Maximum number of usershare. 0 means that usershare is disabled.
# usershare max shares = 100
# Allow users who've been granted usershare privileges to create
# public shares, not just authenticated ones
usershare allow guests = yes
#======================= Share Definitions =======================
# Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)
# to enable the default home directory shares. This will share each
# user's home directory as \\server\username
;[homes]
; comment = Home Directories
; browseable = no
# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change the
# next parameter to 'no' if you want to be able to write to them.
; read only = yes
# File creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
; create mask = 0700
# Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
; directory mask = 0700
# By default, \\server\username shares can be connected to by anyone
# with access to the samba server.
# Un-comment the following parameter to make sure that only "username"
# can connect to \\server\username
# This might need tweaking when using external authentication schemes
; valid users = %S
# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
;[netlogon]
; comment = Network Logon Service
; path = /home/samba/netlogon
; guest ok = yes
; read only = yes
# Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store
# users profiles (see the "logon path" option above)
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
# The path below should be writable by all users so that their
# profile directory may be created the first time they log on
;[profiles]
; comment = Users profiles
; path = /home/samba/profiles
; guest ok = no
; browseable = no
; create mask = 0600
; directory mask = 0700
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /var/tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
create mask = 0700
# Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
# printer drivers
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = no
# Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
# You may need to replace 'lpadmin' with the name of the group your
# admin users are members of.
# Please note that you also need to set appropriate Unix permissions
# to the drivers directory for these users to have write rights in it
; write list = root, @lpadmin
[sambashare]
comment = Samba on Ubuntu
path = /mnt/12TB/ServerFolders
read only = yes
browsable = yesCode:
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
Loaded services file OK.
Weak crypto is allowed by GnuTLS (e.g. NTLM as a compatibility fallback)
Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
# Global parameters
[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
logging = file
map to guest = Bad User
max log size = 1000
obey pam restrictions = Yes
pam password change = Yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
server role = standalone server
server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)
unix password sync = Yes
usershare allow guests = Yes
idmap config * : backend = tdb
[printers]
browseable = No
comment = All Printers
create mask = 0700
path = /var/tmp
printable = Yes
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
[sambashare]
comment = Samba on Ubuntu
path = /mnt/12TB/ServerFoldersCode:
Job for smbd.service failed because a fatal signal was delivered causing the control process to dump core.
See "systemctl status smbd.service" and "journalctl -xeu smbd.service" for details.Code:
systemctl status smbd.service
× smbd.service - Samba SMB Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/smbd.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Thu 2024-08-22 14:25:23 CEST; 8s ago
Docs: man:smbd(8)
man:samba(7)
man:smb.conf(5)
Process: 96495 ExecCondition=/usr/share/samba/is-configured smb (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 96498 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/smbd --foreground --no-process-group $SMBDOPTIONS (code=dumped, signal=SEGV)
Main PID: 96498 (code=dumped, signal=SEGV)
CPU: 35ms
Aug 22 14:25:22 Microserver systemd[1]: Starting smbd.service - Samba SMB Daemon...
Aug 22 14:25:22 Microserver (smbd)[96498]: smbd.service: Referenced but unset environment variable evaluates to an empty string>
Aug 22 14:25:23 Microserver systemd[1]: smbd.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=11/SEGV
Aug 22 14:25:23 Microserver systemd[1]: smbd.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
Aug 22 14:25:23 Microserver systemd[1]: Failed to start smbd.service - Samba SMB Daemon.Code:
[sudo] password for microserver:
○ samba-ad-dc.service - Samba AD Daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/samba-ad-dc.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) (Result: exec-condition) since Thu 2024-08-22 13:51:25 CEST; 28min ago
Condition: start condition unmet at Thu 2024-08-22 13:51:25 CEST; 28min ago
Docs: man:samba(8)
man:samba(7)
man:smb.conf(5)
Process: 89812 ExecCondition=/usr/share/samba/is-configured samba (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 34ms
Aug 22 13:51:25 Microserver systemd[1]: Starting samba-ad-dc.service - Samba AD Daemon...
Aug 22 13:51:25 Microserver systemd[1]: samba-ad-dc.service: Skipped due to 'exec-condition'.
Aug 22 13:51:25 Microserver systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in samba-ad-dc.service - Samba AD Daemon being skipped.Thanks in advance